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> From: NewParadigmFund@aol.com
> Date: May 25, 2011 12:01:52 PM EDT
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Wednesday, May 25, 2011
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> Subj: Today, Wednesday, May 25, 2011
> May 25: “There is no limit to what you can accomplish in helping others”
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> This is May, the 5th month of the year;
> • The 5thTradition: Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
> • The 5th Step: Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
> • The 5th Promise: No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> In twelfth-step work, the third thing is conviction. Prospects must be convinced that they honestly want to stop drinking. They must see and admit that their life is unmanageable. They must face the fact that they must do something about their drinking. They must be absolutely honest with themselves and face themselves as they really are. They must be convinced that they must give up drinking and they must see that their whole life depends on this conviction. Do I care enough about other alcoholics to help them reach this conviction?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> There is no limit to what you can accomplish in helping others. Keep that thought always. Never relinquish any work or give up the thought of any accomplishment because it seems beyond your power. God will help you in all good work. Only give it up if you feel that it's not God's will for you. In helping others, think of the tiny seed under the dark, hard ground. There is no certainty that, when it has forced its way up to the surface, sunlight and warmth will greet it. Often a task seems beyond your power, but there is no limit to what you can accomplish with God's help.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may never become discouraged in helping others. I pray that I may always rely on the power of God to help me.
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> Source: Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Richmond Walker, Copyright © 1975, Hazeldon Foundation, printed in the USA. Editor’s note: This book was compiled by Richmond Walker (1892–1965) of the Group at Daytona Beach, Florida.
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> Draw close to God, and God will draw close to you.
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> James 4:8 nlt
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> To instruct us in candid honesty, God gave us the book of Psalms–a worship manual, full of ranting, raving, doubts, fears, resentments, and deep passions combined with thanksgiving, praise, and statements of faith. Every possible emotion is catalogued in the Psalms. When you read the emotional confessions of David and others, realize this is how God wants you to worship him–holding back nothing of what you feel.
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> He offers his friendship to the godly.
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> PROVERBS 3:32 nlt
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> Source: Warren, Rick. The Purpose Driven Life Prayer Journal. 2002, Inspirio, the gift group of Zondervan, Grand Rapids. Day 12.
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> As Stan B. would often quote:
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> “In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Jesus Christ.”
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> 1 Thes 5:18
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> God has no religion -Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)
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> Prayer of St. Francis
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> Lord, make me an instrument of Your
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> peace.
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> Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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> Where there is injury, pardon;
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> Where there is doubt, faith;
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> Where there is despair, hope;
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> Where there is darkness, light;
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> and where there is sadness, joy.
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> O Divine Master, grant that I may not so
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> much seek to be consoled as to console;
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> To be understood, as to understand;
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> To be loved, as to love;
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> For it is in giving that we receive;
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> It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
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> And it is in dying that we are born to
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> eternal life.
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